Automobile pressed wheel



Patented June 22, 1926.

UNITED STATES] PATENT. OFFICE JAMES H. waennnons'r, 01'" .moxson, ncntean.

A 'UTO1\tlIOIBILE 'WEEEL.

I Application filed September This invention relates g-enerally to automobile wheels and rims and more particularly to a novel Construction of Wheel body As usually constructed, automobile wheels have a substantially rigidperipheral portion upon which is mountedthe deinountable. tire carrying rim, and some type'of rim fastening device is employed tor fastening said rim upon the wheel body and also tensioning the tire carrying run.

It has also been proposed in some instances, to provide an expansible and contractible wheel body which'can be contracted sufiiciently to receive a demountab'le tire carrying rim thereon and then expand the wheel body so as to provide a locking engagement between the wheel body and rim; but in such instances either the peripheral portion is divided or consists of separate elements such as extensible spokes for supporting the demcuntable tire carryingrim.

In my construction, which, as before stated is applicable to both disk and spoke wheels and also tensioned strip spoke wheels, I avoid the division of the peripheral portion, and I also provide substantially continuous contact for the rim as opposed to carrying the rim upon the ends of'the spokes,

but the pri-nciple of the invention can be applied to a divided peripheral portion.

My invention can also be applied in several different ways, such as eXp'a-ndingthe peripheral portion of the wheel body within the rim by the application otradial outwardly directed force, or'bymoving the peripheral portionofthewh'e'el body toward the rini.simultaneously. with the drawing-pf the rim toward the. wheelgb'ody ndex-pand theijperipheral portion of the during suchjfdrawing actions.

, Theimenam; consists'in.'thenovel -fea-. turesof construction and nithe mannergot combining or ari'agement of same and wher 23, 1a22. Serial lit-0,589,383.

are uti1ized,..a1l of which will be fully described hereinafter as set forth in the iap pended claims.

In the drawing, forming a part of this specification, Fig. 1 isa .face view of a disk wheel embodying one'form of my inventionv and ha-vi ga demountabletire carrying. rim

able'tire carrying rim; Fig. 1" is a detail elevation of a modified formof lug and rim; Fig, ,6 is a detail perspective view 'sho\ving a slight modificationofthe rim and peripheral. portion jot the Wheel body;'Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view .showin'gaportio'n of the disk and the brake drum connected-to the hub of the rear Wheel; F ig. 8 is a face View of a'wheelbody comprising Wooden spokes and a metallic peripheral portion and a demountable tire carrying rim connected thereto, a ortion ofthefrim being shown in section; Fig.9 is'a detail sectional view on the line 8 8 ofFig. .8; 10 is a face view of la Wheel body comprising spokes either of Wood or metal and provided with a slightly modified construction of metal peripheral portion and a tire carrying rim arranged thereon; Fig. 11 is a detail sectional View on the line 1111of Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is an interior face view of'the demountable tire carryingrim shown in Fig. 11; and Figs. 13, 14Iand .15 are detail sec tional views showing modified forms of means for expanding and contracting the peripheral .por'tionof the wheel body; Fig. 1 6 is adetail view showing the application of my invention to a wheel body comprising meta-1' strip spokes; and Fig. 17 isfaj detail sectional view on the line 17-J- 17 ot Fig. 16; 1 8 is a detail view 'sliowing th application of my invention .to wheel bod comprising tub'inarfamalli'c' spokes; and ,iig. 19 is iew sho sl ghtinodificationlhcrwf. k rergring pgrueul rly "to". .Ffgs; "1 to; 7, 20' indicates" a" metallic disk; 'refeitably formed at the center witlrradia "barrage t e lsi s an if l s d a fi piatimQLaiIsQPfbX d .,iwithjfa dial'jcorifugae Patented June 22, 1 926. I

UNITED STATES WILLIAM'ERASTUS WILLIAMS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNOR TO AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

AUTOMOBILE rarsssn WHEEL.

' 1 Application filed December 15, 1919 Serial No. 844,864.

or flange 16, thus The object of my invention is to makea pressed plate wheel for automobiles, wherein the web of the wheel and the major portion of the rim are made of a singlepressing, and the object is to provide a wheel of this type.

that will have special detailed merits as herein set forth.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the wheel.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of onehalf of the wheel on a larger scale than that of Figure 1.

Fignres-3 and showdetailed steps in the operations'of one otthedetails of the wheel.

Figure 's'hows a cross section on line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 shows a modification in the fastenings of the rim.

In the drawing 1 indicates the hub of a. rear axle wheel of an ordinary automobile, pleasure car or light truck.

2 indicates the ordinary brake drum which is fastened by bolts 3 to a flange 4 of the hub.

The flange 4 is a continuation of the flange 5. to which I secure a pressed plate 6 for the web of the wheel. This pressed plate not only forms the web of the wheel, but it is turned over and forms the main tread portion 7 of the rim and one of the flanges of the rim as indicated by 8.

This flange 8 has a re-entrant flange 9 for stiffening purposes.

The plate web 6 has pressed in it an annular depression 10, which fits in an annular socket or recess of the flange 5 of the hub. and a clamping ring 11 clamps the an nular projection 10 into the recess in the flange 5, through the medium of the stud bolts 12 and their nuts 13.

At the rim region of the disk 6 I press therein a shoulder or projection 14 on which there rests the inner edge of the companion flange 15, which is provided with a side wall completing the full tread section of the tread of the wheel.

A stifiening re-entrant flange 17 gives strength to this companion flange 15.

The flange 15 is secured to the main disk 6 through the medium of the screws 18, which are screwed into a series of threaded blocks 19, which are riveted to the vertical section 20 of the main disk 61 The flanges 8 and 16 are stiffened at their bead sections and therefore are not objectionable as relates to the seat of the tire itself. 60

The shocks that are destructive to a wheel of this class are what are known as skid shocks and they'usually occur on the hind wheels, therefore itis desirable when possible to re-enforce the hind wheel in some manner 65 to assist in taking up those skid shocks' The brake drum is usually made rather heavy asrelates to the metal involved for the purpose of taking up the bursting strains of the brake shoes, and but little, if any, at; 7

tempt is made to use the brake drum as an aid in sustaining the skid shocks of the wheel in a demountable wheel assembly such as is here shown, although the brake drum is made in accordance with a wooden spoked 7 wheel which is generally fixed on to the hub and is not demountable as a wheel unit, while with a wheel of the type shown in this drawing the disk and tread may be demounted as a unit and a spare wheel be used on any 8 one of the four hubs of the vehicle.

In order to cause the brake drum to as sist in sustaining the skid shock in a de-v mountable disk type of wheel, I provide bumper blocks 22, preferably made of solid rubber, but they may be made of other material, and these blocks 22 are secured by the bolts 23 at intervals around the periphery of the brake drum and they remain in position and are not demounted when the wheel itself is demounted.

The blocks 22 extend out far enough so that whenever the disk is clamped on to the hub there is a sure bearing against the disk and the rubber is slightly pressed as the plate is secured home, which makes a uniform pressure of the. fastenings on the disk.

In pressing'my disk in a manner to get a sharp shoulder at 14, without making the metal too thin, I press an excess depth at this point as indicated by 24 in Figure 3 and then I upset this metal, making it thicker at 24, as is indicated by 25 in Figure 4. which permits a slight out to be taken out, if desired, in forming a sharp shoulder 1 5 14 in the finished wheel. This shoulder 14 supports the edge of the flange of the companion flange 15 in a manner to relieve 

